Google was one of few successful companies on the stock market today; it provided a little bit of green within big lists of numbers that were otherwise mostly red. This trend continued as the search giant released its fourth quarter financial results.
Big Expectations For MySpace Music
From the sounds of it (no pun intended), MySpace Music should be beneficial for all parties involved – MySpace, record labels, artists, Users, advertisers and music e-Tailers. The service, which is due out any day now (sometime this month), will supposedly offer the entire catalogs of Universal, SonyBMG, and Warner Music (77% of all U.S. album sales come from these three according to Nielsen SoundScan as quoted by Fortune).
Lowered Expectations As Baidu Enters Europe
Just a few days ago, Baidu announced its intentions to expand into Europe. Now its stock price is up, and its reputation is going down; things could be worse, but this isn’t exactly an ideal state of being for the Chinese search engine.
Symantec Beats Analysts’ Expectations
Symantec, the security software corporation, beat Wall Street analysts’ quarterly profit and revenue predictions with its Tuesday posting. This had the effect of sending the company’s stock shares up by 3 percent.
The Curse of Expectations
I remember driving home one night listening the radio (in the days before podcasting, maybe 20 months ago).
Understanding Fixed Income Investing: Expectations
I’ve come to the conclusion that the Stock Market is an easier medium for investors to understand (i.e., to form behavioral expectations about) than the Fixed Income Market.
Surprising User Expectations
One of the most enlightening experiences I’ve had in my 5+ years at Yahoo was sitting in on some usability tests. Being on the “watching” side of the one way glass is fun.
First Quarter GDP Beats Expectations
Last month, the gross domestic product for the U.S. was estimated to grow at a rate of 3.1% in the first quarter of this year. The rate turned out to be bigger than that according to a report released today by the Commerce Department.
OECD Reduces Expectations for Economic Growth
A report released today by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says that it has reduced its expectations for economic growth in 2005.
HP Beats Expectations, New CEO Implies Job Cuts
Hewlett-Packard shares went up as much as 3.3% after the company posted results that beat Wall Street expectations and new CEO, Mark Hurd announced that the company is planning to cut costs.